Crane, Walter, 1845-1915 · London : George Bell and Sons · leaf 74
Before metal was used, or nails or joinery Chap. II. Of the were known, the method of fastening two things Utility together, such as the blade of a stone axe or Basis and Influence hammer and its handle, was by thonging or Ancient Volute Ornament … tying them firmly together by strips of leather or thongs, and to this source again we might trace other types of pattern motives of very wide prevalence. In the first instances the thonging was imitated in metal-work when no longer used 52
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